Mount Shanks
| Feature Type: | Mount - Variation of Mountain: Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. ["Mount" preceding the name usually indicates that the feature is named after a person.] |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NE of junction of Simpson and Vermilion Rivers on boundary between Kootenay National Park and Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°00'13"N, 115°52'51"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82O/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 9 September 1924 on Ottawa file OBF 0772. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Established local name was Folding Mountain. Re-named by dominion survey staff after their colleague, the late Thomas Shanks, DLS, assistant Director-General of Surveys. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |